{"id":2438681,"date":"2026-05-31T00:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2438681"},"modified":"2026-05-31T00:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:22:58","slug":"royals-stunned-by-rangers-suffer-fifth-straight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-stunned-by-rangers-suffer-fifth-straight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals stunned by Rangers, suffer fifth straight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Ezequiel Duran dropped a walk-off, RBI single into right field, and the Texas Rangers rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to win 7-6 over the scuffling Kansas City Royals on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Texas trailed 6-4 entering the ninth, when Joc Pederson led off with an opposite-field homer to right off Lucas Erceg (3-3). Josh Jung and Brandon Nimmo followed with back-to-back infield singles and Jake Burger\u2019s third hit tied the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Duran, hitless in the game to that point, came through with a ball that fell in front of right fielder Jac Caglianone, allowing Nimmo to score and the Rangers to take the first two of this three-game set.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City, which has lost five straight, managed just three hits and could not take advantage of three walks allowed by Texas\u2019 Kumar Rocker, who had a 3-0 lead when he left following the sixth inning. However, the Royals finally broke through in the seventh.<\/p>\n<p>With Tyler Alexander on the Rangers mound, Isaac Collins led off by bouncing a ground-rule double into the right field corner. After going to third on Nick Loftin\u2019s one-out single, Collins scored via Carter Jensen\u2019s single.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals tied it at 3-3 with consecutive RBI singles from Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel Garcia, who exited later in the seventh with a hamstring strain while going from first to third on Vinnie Pasquantino\u2019s tiebreaking double to left-center field against Jakob Junis.<\/p>\n<p>Jensen then gave Kansas City some presumed insurance with his two-run homer in the eighth off Texas\u2019 Chris Martin for a 6-3 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Danny Jansen\u2019s RBI double got the Rangers within two runs in the eighth.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers wasted no time getting to the Royals\u2019 Seth Lugo to start the game. With one out in the bottom of the first, Jung sent a towering drive into the left field seats.<\/p>\n<p>Texas made it 3-0 in the fourth thanks to some shoddy Royals defense. Burger singled and advanced on Garcia\u2019s error on Duran\u2019s grounder. Burger then scored via Jansen\u2019s ground out and Duran came home on Nicky Lopez\u2019s single.<\/p>\n<p>Lugo allowed three runs \u2014 one earned \u2014 and six hits while striking out six without a walk.<\/p>\n<p>Peyton Gray (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the win for Texas.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- #entry-meta -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v23.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.joxfm.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ezequiel Duran dropped a walk-off, RBI single into right field, and the Texas Rangers rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to win 7-6 over the scuffling Kansas City Royals on Saturday in Arlington, Texas. 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